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We are opening a Local Artisan Market right here on the farm, to work in conjunction with our glass blowing studio!

Just in time for the Holidays! The Market will feature several local artists and fine crafts.

To celebrate the opening of the Local Artisan Market, we will be having Drop-In Glass Blown Ornament Making all day Saturday 12/8 and Sunday 12/9. Stop in and create your glass blown ornament for the holidays.
No appointment/reservation taken, drop in only, first come first served. Ages 12+

Bloom and Bark Farm & Glass Blowing Studio will be opening up the farm for the Van Buren County Scenic Drive Festival. The weekend long festival is Southeast Iowa’s Largest Arts, Crafts and Flea Market Event! This event pulls in thousands of visitors and covers 11 different communities throughout Van Buren County.

Here on Bloom and Bark Farm we will be demonstrating our hand-crafted clay ovens baking delicious artisan breads and Artist Tim Blair will hold glass blowing demonstrations through out the day. Along with all the demonstrations, Kim will have her famous delectable jams for sale along with lots of other Fun Funky Stuff.

We have been cutting trees and stripping bark for the Hobbit House. We have the wall uprights in place and hope to have the roof supports up before the Crawl. Progress is slow but steady on this awesome structure.

This year we will also have Live Music throughout the day here on the farm!

All of these great Business will be set up here at Bloom and Bark Farm.

The Villages Folk School will be set with several artists on hand demonstrating and selling their art. Along with providing information about their classes.

Crane Winery will be sampling their delicious sweet wines.

Hershey’s Honey will be set up and selling all the good stuff their bees produce.

The Calico Press will be demonstrating letter press and have posters, cards and t-shirts available.

Sonja Hoie will have yarn and textiles for sale, created from her flock of Icelandic Sheep which graze on the Thomas Home Farm.

Douglass Blackwolf is one of our amazing local blacksmiths. He will be set up and demonstrating this ancient art. He will also have some of his forged pieces available for sale.

Mrs. Mercantile (aka Alline Anderson) will be selling her amazingly delicious pickles along with her delightful decoupage collage boxes.

You will also have the opportunity to explore all these amazing businesses and farms just down the road: Lengacher’s Greenhouse & Variety Store, Yoder’s Indian Creek Furniture, Richardson’s Point, Koldt Barn, Troy Academy, and Milton Creamery.

The J40 Farm Crawl is a fabulous opportunity to share summer family fun along Iowa’s Historic Hills Scenic Byway and celebrate the rural local businesses and farms that add vibrancy to the Iowa landscape.

Join us for Fun Funky Stuff on the Farm Saturday, October 14, 2017 8am – 5pm

For the first time ever Bloom and Bark will be opening up the farm for the Van Buren County Scenic Drive Festival. The weekend long festival is Southeast Iowa’s Largest Arts, Crafts and Flea Market Event! This event pulls in thousands of visitors and covers 11 different communities throughout Van Buren County.

Here on Bloom and Bark Farm we will be demonstrating our hand-crafted clay ovens baking delicious artisan breads and Artist Tim Blair will hold hourly glass blowing demonstrations. Along with all the demonstrations, Kim will have her famous delectable jams for sale along with lots of other Fun Funky Stuff.

A day filled with food, farm tours, wagon rides, local artist, history, wine tasting, hand crafted furniture, and so much fun for the whole family!

Start the day off with a delicious home cooked breakfast at the Amish School, than wander down the road to explore the 8 different participating farms, businesses, and museum along the route

Here at Bloom and Bark Farm you can explore our gardens and greenhouses, see how a hand-crafted clay oven bakes delicious artisan breads, sample fresh produce and bread with a cold glass of mint water. Tour our new Glass Blowing Studio and watch demonstrations by artist Tim Blair.

We have been cutting trees and stripping bark for the Hobbit House. We have the wall uprights in place and hope to have the roof supports up before the Crawl. Progress is slow but steady on this awesome structure.

The Village Folks School will be set up on Bloom and Bark Farm with several artists on hand demonstrating and selling their art. Along with providing information about their classes.

Crane Winery will be sampling their delicious sweet wines at Bloom and Bark Farm.

You will also have the opportunity to explore Lengacher’s Greenhouse, Yoder’s Indian Creek Furniture, Koldt Barn, Troy Academy, Pittsburg General Store and Milton Creamery.

The J40 Farm Crawl is a fabulous opportunity to share summer family fun along Iowa’s Historic Hills Scenic Byway and celebrate the rural local businesses and farms that add vibrancy to the Iowa landscape.

We went to a class on catching and maintaining bees from the wild. Here we are building and placing swarm traps up in the trees. Once caught we will be using the horizontalhive method for managing our hives. We will keep you updated on our progress. Exciting!!

Bunnies are eating away all the broccoli and cauliflower plants so we called in reinforcements. Frank and Earl are on duty 24/7. Wow what a team. Let’s hope their presence is enough to scare away those rascally rabbits.